[CIRCUS & VARIETY ARTISTS]. Five albums of photographs of performer photographs. European, ca. 1930s?60s. Collection of albums, uniform buckram and cloth folios, with spine compartments denoting the type of performer contained within each: Trapezistes (trapeze artists); Equilibristes (equilibrists); Musicaux (musical acts); Perchistes (equilibrists/balancing acts); and Bascule (acrobats). Individual albums contain between 126 and 240 photos and postcards, and a total of 833 between all five, including signed pieces. A tremendous archive of varied images; must be seen. One album with the library label of Belgian circus collector Jose Dugardein; all presumably from his collection. Sizes vary; pieces generally affixed with corner mounts or laid in. Condition generally very good.